Question

1 a Unlike traditional supply chains, biomass supply chain faces a number of challenges in the technical, financial and societal fronts. These are typically seen as limitations to realising a bioeconomy.

Focus specifically on the "Food vs Fuel" challenge and elaborate its importance in realising a bioeconomy. As an appendix to the slide show, add a one slide narrative explaining the answer. Use Calibri font with a size 11 and single line spacing. b Corn to ethanol and sugarcane juice to ethanol are the most common global ethanol production routes currently. Why are these processes commercially successful despite the societal challenge mentioned in (a)? As an appendix to the slide show, add a one slide narrative explaining the answer. Use Calibri font with a size 11 and single line spacing. [10 marks] [15 marks]

Fig: 1